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By Juan M. Villaverde On May 1, 202004:20 PM Eastern
Social and economic lockdowns have taken their toll on the U.S. economy. At the same time, crisis conditions have dramatically set the stage for crypto’s next growth phase.
We’ve now shed all...
By Jon D. Markman On May 1, 202012:00 PM Eastern
Microsoft reported earnings after the close Wednesday. They were spectacular, yet again. The surprise, for anyone who wasn’t paying attention, was how little the business is being impacted by the...
By Sean Brodrick On April 30, 202008:18 AM Eastern
The Great Toilet Paper Shortage™ seems to be ebbing. As recently as April 12, a whopping 73% of U.S. grocery stores had no toilet paper on their shelves, according to Reuters data. More recently,...
By Mike Larson On April 29, 202005:00 PM Eastern
First, the junk bond market boomed.
Next, it went bust.
Then, the Federal Reserve bailed it out.
Finally, that sparked a new mini boom.
More than anything else in recent weeks, THAT...
Thanks to coronavirus lockdowns, the U.S. economy is contracting faster than at any time since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Trying to soften the blow, the Federal Reserve has just printed...
By Jon D. Markman On April 29, 202001:44 PM Eastern
Thousands of small businesses all over the country are opening again for the first time in weeks.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says business owners are thrilled to be open. Patrons, according to a...
By Sean Brodrick On April 28, 202006:46 AM Eastern
We know the world is in the midst of a historic pandemic. It’s been just four months since the disease was discovered in China, but it has spread rapidly. Just a month ago, there were 1 million...
By Tony Sagami On April 27, 202004:16 PM Eastern
When your father is a farmer, you see very little of him during the spring and summer.
My mother solved this problem by gently insisting she and I ride with him on the three-times-per-week...
By Jon D. Markman On April 27, 202001:10 PM Eastern
The curve is flattening. The shutdown phase of the COVID-19 pandemic is almost over. The next step, testing, is being queued up.
On Friday, President Trump signed a $484 billion extension to the...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On April 27, 202009:37 AM Eastern
The U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is one of the few institutions in Washington that’s still nonpartisan.
Its forecasts are objective and impartial.
But right now, they’re also...